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most citedControlling Th isomeric state population in a VUV transparent crystal

42 citations · 42 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Defect Dynamics and Isomer Quenching in Th:CaF Crystals

Ming Guan, Michael Bartokos, Kjeld Beeks +16

Thorium-229 doped calcium fluoride (Th:CaF) is a leading candidate for a solid-state nuclear clock, owing to the unusually low energy of the Th isomer transitio…

physics.atom-ph2026

Control of emission interval and timing in triggered periodic superradiance

Hideaki Hara, Riku Omoto, Noboru Sasao +6

To achieve more controllable development of coherence in solids, we investigated the effect of a trigger laser tuned to the superradiance transition wavelength on periodic superrad…

nucl-ex2025

Laser Mössbauer spectroscopy of ^{229}Th

Takahiro Hiraki, Takahiko Masuda, Sayuri Takatori +23

Mössbauer spectroscopy is widely used in biochemistry, geology, and solid-state physics to obtain structural information on materials. Here, we extend this technique into the optic…

physics.atom-ph2025

A cryogenic buffer gas beam source with in-situ ablation target replacement

Zhen Han, Zack Lasner, Collin Diver +11

The design and performance of a cryogenic buffer gas beam (CBGB) source with a load-lock system is presented. The ACME III electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) search experiment…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

X-ray-induced quenching of the Th clock isomer in CaF

Ming Guan, Michael Bartokos, Kjeld Beeks +27

Thorium-229 has the lowest nuclear-excited state (an isomer state) at approximately 8.356 eV, making it excitable with tabletop vacuum-ultraviolet lasers. Despite the recent succes…

physics.atom-ph2024

Analytical and numerical studies of periodic superradiance

Hideaki Hara, Yuki Miyamoto, Junseok Han +6

We conduct a theoretical study to understand the periodic superradiance observed in an Er:YSO crystal. First, we construct a model based on the Maxwell-Bloch equations for a reduce…

physics.ins-det2024

A method to detect the VUV photons from cooled Th:CaF crystals

Ming Guan, Michael Bartokos, Kjeld Beeks +13

Thorium-229, with its exceptionally low-energy nuclear excited state, is a key candidate for developing nuclear clocks. Th-doped CaF crystals, benefiting from calcium f…

nucl-ex2024★ 42 cited

Controlling Th isomeric state population in a VUV transparent crystal

Takahiro Hiraki, Koichi Okai, Michael Bartokos +27

The radioisotope Th-229 is renowned for its extraordinarily low-energy, long-lived nuclear first-excited state. This isomeric state can be excited by VUV lasers and the transition…

hep-ex2013

Thorium isomer for radiative emission of neutrino pair

N. Sasao, S. Uetake, A. Yoshimi +2

It is proposed to use the isomer ionic ground state Th embedded in transparent crystals for precision determination of unknown neutrino parameters. Isolation from s…